Protective cover for bedpans and similar articles



July 11, 1933.

E. c. CASE ET AL PROTECTIVE COVER FOR BEDPANS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES FiledMarch 4, 1932 I N V EN TORS 4 7/151 C (3455 BY #45010 C fli/mffido/v E 2A TTORNEY Patented July 11, 1933 UNITEDTSTAVTIES ETHEL COLES CASE,OF'IBROOKLYN,

PROTECTIVE COVER FOR IBEDPANS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES I Application filedMarch 4,,

This invention relates to protective covers; for bed pans and the likearticles.

An object of this'invention is to provide a cover for a bed pan ordouche pan havlng means for preventing splash or spillage out of thepan, thus protecting the bed linens, said cover being provided withmeans for covering otherwise exposed parts of the userand constituting asanitary protect1on for" the users attendant.

A further object of this invention is to provide a unitary flexible,waterproof, cover or protector of the character descr1bed,. which shallbe in collapsible form to afford.

convenient handling and packing.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a strong and neatprotector of the character described made of paper or the like cheapmaterial easily disposable as.

waste, which shall be simple and economical in construction, easy tohandle and yet practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed 5 out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction herelnafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which 1s shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bed pan provided with a coverembodying the invention in position for use;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the cover alone in partially collapsedposition;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cover in completely collapsedposition; and

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 designates an ordinary bedpan and 11 designates a cover or protector therefor embodying theinvention. The pan 10 may be 1932. Serial no. 596,702."

of standard construction and comprises a v bottom wall 12, side walls13, a front wall '14 and a rear wall 15. A top wall-"16 attached to theupperedge of the front-wall 14 andthe side Walls 13 covers theifronthalf of the bed pan leaving the rear half thereof open. The cover 11 isof unitary construction and may be made of'paper,

fabric or any other suitable flexible waterproof material. I Said covercomprises a bottom wall 17 adaptedto contact the under- ;surface of thebottom wall 12 of the pan,.a front wall 19 adapted to be. disposed infront of the front wall 14, side walls 20 for said walls 13 and a rearwall 22 adapted to be disposed behind the rear wall 15. The :front wall19 is made preferably substantially the height of the front wall 14, butthe rear wall 22preferably extends to aconsiderable-height above therear wall 15 and the side walls 20 preferably increase in widthgradually toward the rear, thus forming upwardly and rearwardly'inclinedor curved edges 28. Extending from the upper end of the rear wall 22 isa flap 25 adapted to be moved forwardly to cover a portion of thepatients body.

In'use, the patients legs straddle the side walls 20 of the cover andthe flap 25 may thus cover the otherwise exposed parts of the patient.Said flap 25, the rear wall 22 and the side walls 20 serve to preventspraying or splashing of matter onto the bed linen. After use, the flap25 may be pushed forwardly onto the top wall 16' to cover the openportion of the pan. The pan may thus be removed from the bed incompletely covered condition. Obviously, the pan may be removed from thecover readily and v the cover disposed of as waste paper.

The protector 11 is preferably adapted to be collapsed for packing,shipping or storing purposes To this end, the front wall 19 of the coveris preferably formed with crease lines 80 and 31 extending inwardly andupwardly from the bottom cor ners of said wall. The side walls 20 arealso formed with crease lines 32 extending upwardly and forwardly fromthe bottom rear corners of the side walls 20. In col--' lapsing thecover the side walls 20 are first folded inwardly against the uppersurface of the bottom wall 17, the front wall 19 being then foldedrearwardly over the folded side walls. The rear wall 22 may then befolded, downwardly over the folded. side walls. The flap 25 may befolded rearward ly againstthe outer surface of the rear wall 22 about acrease line 33, provided for said purpose The entire "covermay thus befolded into substantially fiat form to permit compact packing of saidcovers one on top of the other. a

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the, conditions of preotical use. V

As various possible embodiments might be made ,of the above invention,and as various changes mi ht be made in the embodiment set fortli, it isto be understood thatall matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawing is to interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense. H Having thus described our invention, we claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent z- V e I 1. In combination with abed pan, a cover therefor made of flexible sheet material adapted toreceive the bed pan and having a portion adapted to contact theunderside of the bed pan, a portion extending up wardly above the rearwall of the pan, side portions extending upwardly beyond the top edge ofthe side walls ofthe pan, and a flap extending from the said secondportion adapted to cover a portion of the users body.

2. A bed pan cover made of Waterproof sheet material having a portionfor receiving the bed pan, a portion extending up wardly above the rearwall of the bed pan and side portions extending upwardly above the upperedge of the side wallsof the pan and incr asing. in-height toward therear, said cover having a flap extending from said second portion andadapted to cover a portion of the users body.

3. A bed pan cover made of waterproof paper having a portion forreceiving the bed pan, a portion extendin upwardly made of flexiblesheet material having a portion 'ad'apted to contact the underside ofsaid bottom wall', portions ada )ted to con tactsaid front and rearwalls, and said side walls, a portion extending upwardly above the rearwall of the pan: sid'e' portions extending upwardly beyoi'id the topedge of the side walls ofthe pan, and a adapted to cover a portion ofthe user body, said last named portion being further adapted to coverthe bed pan affer'u'se.

In testimony" v'v'here'of we a'fiix our signatures. a

ETHELCOLES ease. HAROLD C. HENDERSON.

